Guo Liang (actor)

Guo Liang
Guo in May 2020
Born (1968-11-11) 11 November 1968 (age 56)
Shanghai, China
NationalitySingaporean
Alma materShanghai Drama Institute
Occupations
  • Host
  • actor
  • radio deejay
Years active1994–present
Agents
Spouse
Jade Shen Jie
(m. 1994)
Children1
AwardsFull list
Chinese name
Chinese郭亮
Hanyu PinyinGuō Liàng

Guo Liang (born 11 November 1968) is a Chinese-born Singaporean actor, television host and radio deejay.

Career

Guo graduated from the Shanghai Drama Institute and moved to Singapore during the 1990s to join the Television Corporation of Singapore (predecessor of MediaCorp). He joined TCS in 1994.[1] He joined SPH MediaWorks in late 2000[2] but returned to MediaCorp in 2005 when the two companies merged. Although trained as an actor, he is mostly known in Singapore as television host of several MediaCorp Channel 8 programmes, including the current affairs show Hello Singapore.

In 2019, Guo hosted the dating variety show titled The Destined One.

Guo is currently a guest presenter with Love 97.2FM. He is also an acting coach.[3]

Personal life

Guo married Jade Shen Jie, a Chinese citizen, in 1994 and has a son, Marcus. He took up Singaporean citizenship in 2001[4] and his wife took up Singaporean citizenship in 2015.[5]

In 2010, Guo and Elvin Ng were reportedly engaged in an online feud over comments exchanged in the dressing room during filming of the drama series Breakout.[6] The incident was notably parodied in a skit at the Star Awards 2011 in which Christopher Lee, portraying series director Chong Liung Man, tells their respective characters to "stop fighting" and "write on [their] blogs".

Filmography

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2005 Beyond The aXis of Truth II Li Weizhong
2006 Rhapsody in Blue Ding Yixing
2009 Table of Glory He Shuai
2010 Breakout Yang Tianwei
2012 Be Happy Lan Yanzhi
Poetic Justice Ouyang Qiu
2013 The Dream Makers Yao Jianguo
Sudden Cheng Gaofeng
2015 Crescendo Wei Nian
2016 The Truth Seekers Ye Rongtao
Peace & Prosperity You Yongfa
Hero Alex
2017 The Lead Li Wei
Life Less Ordinary Song Jueming
2018 The Distance Between (下个路口遇见你) Song Shanming
Heart To Heart (心点心) Yue Tianhua
2019 C.L.I.F. 5 Le Xiaotian / Quy Vuong
2020 A Jungle Survivor (森林生存记) Titan
2021 CTRL Liang Wendao
Old Soul yet Young (心里住着老灵魂) Shi Qinglong
The Heartland Hero Song Weihao Cameo
2022 You Can Be an Angel 4 (你也可以是天使4) Zhang Jiangnan
The Unbreakable Bond (寄生) Gu Zhaohua [7]
Your World in Mine Sam Koh
Soul Detective Bai Zhenqiang
2023 All That Glitters Mo Yicong

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011 It's a Great, Great World Henry
2013 Judgement Day Dai Sijie
2014 Unlucky Plaza Baby Bear
Filial Party Yoona's father
2022 Reunion Dinner

Selected show hosting

Year Title Notes Ref.
2019 The Destined One
2023 World Food (吃。东西)

Discography

Compilation albums

Year English title Mandarin title
2012 MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 12 新传媒群星金龙接财神
2018 MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 18 新传媒群星阿狗狗过好年
2019 MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 19 新传媒群星猪饱饱欢乐迎肥年
2020 MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 20 裕鼠鼠纳福迎春乐
2021 MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 21 福满牛年Moo Moo乐

Awards and nominations

Year Organisation Category Nominated work Result Ref
1997 Star Awards 1997 Best Newcomer Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Won
1998 Star Awards 1998 Best Variety Show Host 异度空间 Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Won
1999 Star Awards 1999 Best Variety Show Host 亮出真相 Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Won
2001 Asian Television Awards Best Entertainment Presenter You're OK, I'm OK Nominated
2005 Star Awards 2005 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Nominated
2007 Star Awards 2007 Best Variety Show Host Lead Me On Nominated
2008 Asian Television Awards Best Entertainment Presenter Lead Me On Won
2009 Star Awards 2009 Best Variety Show Host CelebriTEA Break Won
Best Info-Ed Programme Host Breaking Barriers Nominated
2010 Star Awards 2010 Best Variety Show Host CelebriTEA Break II Nominated
Best Info-Ed Programme Host Stars for a Cause Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Won
2011 Star Awards 2011 Best Variety Show Host Black Rose Nominated
Best Info-Ed Programme Host Legendary Cuisine Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Nominated
2012 Star Awards 2012 Best Info-Ed Programme Host Legendary Cuisine II Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Nominated
2013 Star Awards 2013 Best Variety Show Host United Neighbours Society Nominated
Best Info-Ed Programme Host Project i Season 2 Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Nominated
2014 Star Awards 2014 Best Supporting Actor The Dream Makers
(as Yao Jianguo)
Won
Best Variety Show Host Counter Fake Nominated
Star Awards for Most Popular Regional Artiste (China) Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Nominated
2016 Star Awards 2016 Best Programme Host What Your School Doesn't Teach You Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Nominated
2017 Star Awards 2017 Best Programme Host Your Thoughts Please? Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Nominated
2018 Star Awards 2018 Best Programme Host Voices Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Won
2019 Star Awards 2019 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Nominated
2021 Star Awards 2021 Best Supporting Actor A Jungle Survivor (as Titan) Nominated
Best Programme Host The Destined One S2 Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Won
2022 Star Awards 2022 Best Programme Host The Inner Circle Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Won [8]
Perfect Combo (with Quan Yifeng) Star Awards 2021 - Awards Ceremony Nominated [9]
Most Hated Villain CTRL (as Liang Wendao) Nominated [9]
2023 Star Awards 2023 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Won
Chan Brothers My Star Guide Award Nominated
2024 Star Awards 2024 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Nominated
Best Programme Host The Zoe and Liang Show Nominated

References

  1. ^ "'My salary kept rising': Disgruntled Quan Yi Fong side-eyes Guo Liang after learning about his starting pay". AsiaOne. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  2. ^ "SPH MediaWorks stars all ready to shine". sph.com.sg. 2 October 2000. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Guo Liang". Mediacorp. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Guo Liang: "A Very Singaporean Chinaman"". Taken from The Straits Times. 30 March 2009. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Deepen roots in S'pore, PM tells new citizens". The Straits Times. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Elvin Ng & Guo Liang engaged in online feud". Channel News Asia. 4 August 2010.
  7. ^ "Pan Lingling Wanted A Daughter So Badly She Refused To Believe Her Younger Son Was A Boy Until He Was Born". 8 Days. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  8. ^ Auto, Hermes (24 April 2022). "Star Awards 2022 host Chen Hanwei clinches Best Actor award | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Star Awards 2022: Chantalle Ng and Xu Bin nominated for Favourite CP, Top 40 Most Popular Artistes revealed". AsiaOne. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.